The Prime-Time Presidency
The West Wing and U.S. Nationalism
Contrasting strong women and multiculturalism with portrayals of a heroic white male leading the nation into battle, The Prime-Time Presidency explores the NBC drama The West Wing, paying particular attention to its role in promoting cultural meaning about the presidency and U.S. nationalism. Based in a careful, detailed analysis of the first term of The West Wing's President Josiah Bartlet, this criticism highlights the ways the text negotiates powerful tensions and complex ambiguities at the base of U.S. national identity--particularly the role of gender, race, and militarism in the construction of U.S. nationalism. Unlike scattered and dis…
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Weitere Autoren: Parry-Giles, Shawn J.
- ISBN: 978-0-252-09209-1
- EAN: 9780252092091
- Produktnummer: 20439122
- Verlag: University of Illinois Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 456 KB
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